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A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed that the number of new cancer diagnoses each year has trebled since 1982, but Australians are more likely than ever to survive the disease.

Before the drought took hold in recent years, the national kangaroo population was estimated to be more than 45 million. Recent aerial surveys indicate that kangaroo numbers could have plummeted by more than 50 per cent in some areas.

In Queensland, tropical cyclone Trevor has been downgraded after crossing the Cape York Peninsula coast late yesterday just south of Lockhart River. It crossed as a category three, pummelling communities with wind gusts of 133 kilometres per hour.

Today the Indigenous Literacy Foundation is launching its Great Book Swap program in Adelaide. According to the latest Closing the Gap report, only one of three of the Government's targets for Indigenous education is currently on track.

A new independent report detailing the experiences of more than 1,200 kids in out-of-home care around the country shows states and territories are failing to meet many of the national standards that have been in place since 2011.

"Chucking a sickie" is bit of an unspoken Australian pastime — especially on a Monday morning — but small business owners are complaining sick days are becoming increasingly common, and it's costing them tens of thousands of dollars year.

As Israel heads to an election next month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing an indictment for corruption, and Israel's highest court has banned a candidate who was set to run as part of Netanyahu's right-wing coalition.

With sexual violence rates on the rise, the Queensland Government is conducting a review into the way abuse cases are handled. A roundtable of experts is about to begin the process of drawing up a new Sexual Violence Prevention Framework.

The High Court will tomorrow hear the case of Michaela Banerji who lost her job at the Department of Immigration after she used an anonymous account to tweet her criticisms of Australia's asylum seeker policies.

It’s the most important news story of the decade — the investigation which could bring down US President Donald Trump. As new information breaks, Russia, If You’re Listening with Matt Bevan will put it in context.

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An increasing number of analysts at major financial institutions are predicting official interest rate cuts in anticipation of a significant jump in the jobless rate, as construction workers get laid off.